A white marble statue of the goddess Hera of the Ephesus-Vienna type, a Roman copy of the Imperial era, 1st century AD, after a Greek Classical original of the second half of the 5th century BC. The goddess is shown with a central hair parting and wearing a diadem, her expression severe and unsmiling, a look early archaeologists attributed to a lost Greek master and read as modeled on the style of Polycleitus. Originally part of the Farnese Collection, one of the most important assemblages of Roman antiquities, the statue passed to the Bourbon kings of Naples through inheritance and was transferred to the Naples museum in 1844 under the German archaeologist Heinrich Brunn. It is now displayed on the ground floor of the Naples National Archaeological Museum. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Custody
Current LocationNaples National Archaeological Museum, inventory 6027 1 Current CustodianNaples National Archaeological Museum 1 Custody HistorySourced to the subject's own accountFarnese Collection; passed by inheritance to the Bourbon kings of Naples; transferred to the Naples museum in 1844 under archaeologist Heinrich Brunn. 2 Classification
Object TypeSourced to the subject's own account Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectHera, queen of the Greek gods, shown with a central hair parting, a diadem, and a severe, unsmiling expression. 1 Rights and Reproduction
Reproduction and CopyrightThe statue itself is centuries past any copyright term, but a specific modern photograph of it carries its own separate copyright. This atlas describes and cites the work rather than reproducing an image of it. 1 Physical Form
DimensionsSourced to the subject's own account Origins
CreationSourced to the subject's own account Date of CreationSourced to the subject's own accountRoman copy, 1st century AD, after a Greek original of the later 5th century BC 2 Medium (class)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
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This source names Ephesus directly: "statue of the goddess Hera of the Ephesus-Vienna type, a Roman copy of the Imperial era, 1st century AD, after a Greek Classical original of the second half of the 5th century BC."
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Naples, Cities This source names Naples directly: "statue passed to the Bourbon kings of Naples through inheritance and was transferred to the Naples museum in 1844 under the German archaeologist Heinrich Brunn."
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Vienna, Cities This source names Vienna directly: "of the goddess Hera of the Ephesus-Vienna type, a Roman copy of the Imperial era, 1st century AD, after a Greek Classical original of the second half of the 5th century BC."
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Derived: this work depicts a figure already recorded as belonging to this tradition; the work-to-tradition link is inferred from that live depicts edge and the figures own attested tradition affiliation, not independently sourced beyond it.
Depicts
Hera, Figures The statue's own name, Hera Farnese, is the goddess's own name; a Roman marble copy of a Greek cult image type.
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Sources
1. Hera Farnese, MAN Napoli Inv6027 (Wikimedia Commons)
Wikimedia CommonsFile description field, Wikimedia CommonsQuote, File description field, Wikimedia Commons
Statue of Hera of the Ephesus-Vienna type. Roman copy of the Imperial era after a Greek Classical original.
2. Hera Farnese, Wikipedia
WikipediaLead section, describing the statue
It was part of a colossal acrolithic statue, and shows the goddess with a central parting and wearing a diadem.
catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A white marble statue of the goddess Hera of the Ephesus-Vienna type, a Roman copy of the Imperial era, 1st century AD, after a Greek Classical original of the second half of the 5th century BC.
- Depicts: Hera, Naples Archaeological Museum, inv. 6027
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